Bushfire Hazard Assessment

Bushfire Hazard Assessment
14 Serenity Close, Noosa Heads




  Site No.:                      3

  Site address:                  Weyba Creek Bushland Reserve North
                                 Lot 600 on SP188270

  Mapped VHC (PSBA):             29.3 Heathlands and associated scrubs and shrublands (20.1 tonnes per
                                 hectare)

  Observed VHC (Litoria          22.1 Melaleuca open forests on seasonally inundated lowland coastal
  Consulting):                   swamps (28 tonnes per hectare)

  Potential fuel load:           28 tonnes per hectare

  Notes:                         • Predominantly remnant vegetation consistent with RE 12.3.4. Any areas
                                     of RE 12.3.13 were located outside the site assessment area (150m).
                                 • Canopy species (sparse to mid-dense; 12-16m): Melaleuca quinquenervia
                                   +/- Eucalyptus tereticornis, E. resinifera, Endiandra sierberi and
                                   Lophostemon confertus (at margins).
                                 • Sub-canopy (8-12m): Glochidion sumatranum, Macaranga tanarius,
                                   Mellicope elleryana, Acmena smithii, Livistona australis, Archontophoenix
                                   cunninghamiana.
                                 • Understorey species: Ferns and sedges such as Blechnum indicum,
                                   Gahnia clarkeii Gahnia sieberiana, Caldium procerum, Lygodium
                                   microphyllum with weeds at margins e.g. Singapore Daisy and Para
                                   Grass.
                                 • Near surface fuel: Dense to mid-dense.
                                 • Surface fuel: +/-continuous in areas with canopy cover.




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